ReadCube Pro, a new premium add-on to the desktop application, offers cloud sync with unlimited storage space, advanced article metrics and watch folders. Priced at $5 per month (or $50 per year), ReadCube Pro allows ReadCube users to access their library, notes, and recommendations instantly across all their devices instantly.

SmartCite, ReadCube’s Word-compatible citation tool - offers researchers an easy-to-use solution to what can often be a time-consuming part of writing a paper. SmartCite enables researchers to easily insert citations from their ReadCube library, create bibliographies, and choose from thousands of journal formatting styles. Plus, unlike other citation tools, SmartCite allows ReadCube users to directly cite articles from online databases and seamlessly collaborate with their coauthors.

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ReadCube was added by ModestFish in
Dec 2013 and the latest update was made in
Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Feb 2018 There is a history of all activites on
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Not terribly helpful in computer science

I'm working in computer science and found that ReadCube fails to recognise around half of all documents, even when supporting the search by manually entering titles, authors, or even DOIs. These papers that it fails to identify are perfectly visible on Google Scholar that the software uses as a source.

The software could have still had its use as a tool for bringing some order into a collection of papers (in most cases, a ramshackle folder overflowing with PDFs) and managing citations. Unfortunately, the fact that it's not possible to tag unidentified papers yourself, severely limits its usefulness.

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